MRSA superbug found in supermarket pork raises alarm over farming risks

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Pork sold by several leading British supermarkets has been found to be contaminated with a strain of the superbug MRSA that is linked to the overuse of powerful antibiotics on factory farms, a Guardian investigation has revealed.
Livestock-associated MRSA CC398, which originates in animals, has been found in pork products sold in Sainsbury’s, Asda, the Co-operative and Tesco. Of the 100 packets of pork chops, bacon and gammon tested by the Guardian, nine – eight Danish and one Irish – were found to have been infected with CC398.

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Two thirds of Denmark’s pig farms are currently infected with CC398, where it is spreading rapidly: 648 people were infected with CC398 in 2013; in 2014, 1,271 people contracted the bug. Of those infected two people died as a result of the infection, and many suffered serious blood poisoning.


MRSA superbug found in supermarket pork raises alarm over farming risks | Environment | The Guardian

I think it really may happen that we may see some kind of end of the world scenario. Might even involve brain infected zombies....:rolleyes:
 
I expected this would be in the US rather than a foreign country. Humans are lucky there haven't been any huge outbreaks from any of this.